Example sentences of "would n't [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Er perhaps more importantly , i it would n't meet the advice of P P G four that provision should be realistic er a realistic reflection of the needs of business er and that there should be a range in choice of sites to meet
2 ‘ I 've told yer before , 'e pays less than any ovver firm in Bermondsey an' 'e sacks 'is workers fer the least fing. 'E would n't tolerate the union fer ages an' as soon as any of 'is workers tried ter get the union in they were put off .
3 You would n't pay a man on that . ’
4 You would n't pay the whole of it taxable if it was you know you would claim expenses for one thing and another .
5 And very often the people would n't pay the rent for them you see , so they were n't very happy were n't the people u losing the pool table , but the owner was saying Sorry you 're not paying your rent enough , we 're not getting enough out of the machine , I want it back .
6 Corbett , determined the dwarf would n't reach the dagger in his belt , was trying to tighten his grip round his assailant 's throat .
7 Tate said : ‘ I wish you would n't bring the dog in here , Marcella ! ’
8 He would n't leave the administration of Larksoken in her hands .
9 ‘ Penry , ’ she said , frowning , ‘ are you saying you — well , that you would n't want a relationship with me if I were frigid , like Melanie ? ’
10 " God would n't want a promise like that .
11 I would n't want a top of the range B M W.
12 So she said and I felt very proud of my son , ah I said I would n't want a son of mine who said that to his father !
13 They 're aware that you would n't want a bunch of dickheads like them moving in next door , as ‘ Neighbor ’ makes clear .
14 We would n't want a load of medical students to come into the room for a good look , for example .
15 And also , you would n't want a piece of bro , broccoli !
16 but you would n't want a photograph of your garden a and a
17 ‘ I would n't want a flagellant on my flank in combat . ’
18 You would n't want the management of patients to be based on anecdotal evidence , would you , with all its distortions ?
19 Er we would n't want the plan to be inhibited in that way .
20 Once he had Garry back with Berenice he would n't give a thought to the Adams twins and she would forget him and the time she had spent hunting Garry and her sister through the Northumberland countryside .
21 ‘ To tell you the truth , Liz , I would n't give a lot for their chances of rearing him , ’ he said sadly .
22 He wanted help but he would n't give an inch about anything .
23 Lady Amory 's reaction to this was a mixture of sadness and the old excitement : ‘ We 're very fortunate in that in the near part of the wood garden we 've been able to grass over and you would n't realise the number of big trees that have come down .
24 McGillicuddy would n't relish the idea of giving up the General Director 's job as European overlord , but he was also sixty and could be kicked upstairs for a year or so before taking early retirement .
25 " You would n't make a profit on Lord Jim anyway " , he added , " I do n't regard her as an investment .
26 She would n't make a wife to any man , or if she did she 'd ruin him . ’
27 He fetched his sleeping bag from the cornbin , where he kept it so the mice would n't make a nest in it , and curled up to go to sleep .
28 I surmised that these were George 's drinking companions , men who would n't make a habit of going to funerals , but there out of friendship , respect for the dead .
29 Speed and distance from the road edge probably would n't make a lot of difference if a landmine was detonated as they went by , but doing it makes everyone feel better .
30 ‘ The thing is , there 's so little time in between tournaments and already I spend so little time in Bruhl and in Boca Raton , and it would n't make a lot of sense .
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